A small, simple pavilion now occupies the notorious spot where ex-Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious woman in 2015. The dumpster that once marked the crime scene is gone.

(Subscription required) Glenn County Presiding Judge Donald Byrd prefers offering services rather than sentences.

(Subscription required) After postponing jury trials last week in anticipation that jurors would be unable to make it to court, the Napa County court notified jurors Friday that service has been canceled this week — due to a shortage of bailiffs — through an announcement on its website.

(Subscription required) The Committee of Bar Examiners on Friday rejected a proposal to ask the state Supreme Court to establish a blue ribbon commission that would evaluate the content, format and design of the bar exam.

(Subscription required) Commissioner Erin Childs jokes that she’s one of the crazy people who spent most her career in family law, but her experience helps her focus time on how to be a bench officer.

John Racanelli, a former state appeals court justice in San Francisco and author of a key ruling on water quality in California, died Thursday at his home in New York after a long illness. He was 91.

With the opening last week of a new juvenile justice center here, the Contra Costa County Superior Court finalized a change to the county’s justice system its leaders say was badly needed.

For the last two years, De Alba has been the court’s assistant presiding judge under Judge Kevin Culhane. While presiding over the civil division, he helped transform one of the state’s busiest courts.

The entire Fresno area legal community was shocked to learn about the passing recently of one of their own. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Brant K. Bramer passed away at the young age of 60.

(Subscription required) “It’s getting worse because, although the fires were very large, the fires were contained within [Sonoma County],” Turner said. “Now that the fires are crossing counties and major roadways, I don’t know how people will get to court. It’s a big problem.”

Bail reform is the kind of revolutionary idea people often associated with the Left Coast, but not this time.

(Subscription required) Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will bar employers from seeking a job applicants’ salary history.

The State Bar of California has recommended that an Orange County prosecutor be suspended for at least a year, finding that she failed to turn over to defense counsel copies of an inmate’s mail that she secretly collected before trial.

(Subscription required) The Commission on Judicial Performance has named Gregory Dresser, one of the State Bar’s top prosecutors, its next director-chief counsel.

(Subscription required) Michael Garcia often uses the word “lucky” when telling his life story, but it’s difficult to determine if the word genuinely applies in the case of this Los Angeles County judge.

The state Supreme Court has cleared the way for a 12-year-old boy, who was nearly killed when a 72-foot tree fell on his tent at a San Mateo County park, to sue the county for road-building and construction activities that allegedly helped to cause the collapse.

Recall advocates led by Stanford law professor Michele Dauber have gathered more than 45,000 of the 55,634 signatures they need by early January to put the issue on the June ballot.

Larry Marsh has a history of mental illness and drug addiction. Homeless, he has no place to go. The police in this city have arrested or cited him more than 270 times for trespassing. In December, they got him four times in one day.

George Nicholson—who was an outspoken critic of then-Chief Justice Rose Bird while executive director of the California District Attorneys Association from 1976-79 and was the Republican Party’s unsuccessful candidate for attorney general in 1982—yesterday announced his retirement as a justice of the Third District Court of Appeal, effective Jan. 2.

Los Angeles Superior Court Daniel J. Buckley—on whose court O’Connell served from 2005 until her appointment to the federal court in 2013—said in an email to colleagues: “For years Bev has been the most beloved judicial officer in our county—actually, in our state—no matter the jurisdiction, level or assignment. When you were in the room with Bev, she made you feel special".

(Subscription required) A State Bar Court judge has recommended a 30-day suspension for a Los Angeles County deputy public defender as punishment for abandoning her client and defying a court order.

(Subscription required) A former FBI agent who worked on white collar crime and foreign counterintelligence, Judge Joseph Brannigan is often asked about his undercover days and encouraged to write memoirs.

Solano County Superior Court Clerk offices shut down at noon Wednesday, and all civil, probate and family law cases slated for today and Friday will be rescheduled, with fire advisories and poor air quality from the North Bay wildfires prompting the shutdown.

The debate over a secret list of 300 Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies with histories of dishonesty or other similar misconduct is now before the California Supreme Court.

Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court dismissed William Kirkpatrick’s habeas corpus petition, having seven years before that affirmed Kirkpatrick’s 1984 death sentence on automatic direct appeal.

Gov. Jerry Brown bucked prosecutors and some other law enforcement groups Wednesday, signing a package of bills, including some that will shorten many prison and jail sentences for both juveniles and adults.

A California State Bar judge is recommending that an Orange County prosecutor accused of improperly withholding evidence during a 2013 child-abuse trial be suspended from practicing law for at least a year.

(Subscription required) “All of the courts, including satellite locations, in Sonoma County are closed until further notice,” said Joe Langenbahn, assistant to Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch. “It’s day to day.”

Court of Appeal Associate Justice George Nicholson, of the Third Appellate District, announced his retirement effective Jan. 2 after 30 years on the trial and appellate bench.

(Subscription required) A veteran of thousands of opinions and countless more jokes, William W. Bedsworth can point with ease to the case that brings him the most pride.